Satchel-fastening.



No. 655,|50. Patented July 3|, I900. 12. GOERK.

SATGHEL FASTENING.

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SATCHEL FASTENING.

(Application filed July 10, 1899.

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SATCHEL-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming s a of Letters Patent no. 55,150, dated m 31, 1900.

Application filed. July 10, 1999. Serial No. 23,253] on model.)

To aZZ whom it may comment:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV GOERK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Satchel-Fastenings; and I do; hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawin gs, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to simplify the operation of opening satchels and to render the operation more thoroughly automatic, whereby a saving of time is effected and greater convenience attained, to secure such results at a reduced cost of construction, to enable the parts to be applied to a bag or satchel frame by the bag-maker with greater ease and facility, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved fastening for bags, satchels, and the like, and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure l is a perspectiveview of a bag or satchel having my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail View of a bag-frame jaw-section and showing in elevation my improved fastening. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the lock disconnected from the frame and catches and showing the interior construction on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a plan of the lock-base. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of parts of the lock. Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section of one of the catches; and Fig. 8 isa transverse section of satchel of any ordinary construction having cooperating jaw-sections, of angle-iron, to which the catches b l) and lock 0 are applied.

The said batches are preferably of the usual against the power of a spring at, said slide having a downwardly extending tongue e, adapted to engage a cooperating catch memher 6 on the other jaw when the bag is closed.

fis the usual spring-plate, and f the'pin for attaching the slide (1 to the base 01.

Other constructions of catches may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The lock 0 is also of a sliding construction similar to the catches described and comprises a base g, adapted to be fastened, by means of lugs, screws, or rivets, upon the upper. and outer surface of the top flange a of the bag-frame. Said base 9 is upwardly recessed from the bottomor hollow, and apertures g are provided in the side for the entrance of cooperating hooking catch members 0' on the opposite jaw-section.

An arched top piece 72,, secured at its opposite edges to the top of the base g, provides at its open ends, as at h, slideways for pressure-pieces 11, reduced at Oneend, as at i, to telescopically enter said slideways. Said pressure-pieces each have a locking-lug j projecting downward through suitable slots j in the base g to engage the catch members 0. Said lugs are so disposed that the bag is locked when the pressure-pieces i 'i are projecting from their slideways, and upon the top of the base 9 is pivoted at one end a locking-tongue 7c, adapted to be forced by means of a key between the ends of the pressurepieces, as is usual, to prevent their inward movement toward one another to unlock the bag. At its outer end and projecting downward from the under side each pressure-piece carries an arm Z, adapted to move longitudinally with the pressure-piece. Said arm extends downward through the base g, slots Z being provided therein to allow free movement of the arm, and terminates below the flange a of the bag-frame, which is also slotted to afford a passage. Belowsaid flange a the extremity of the arm is bifurcated or pro vided with prongs, as ato, to receive a connecting rod or wire m. The said connecting-g 5 wire has preferably a headed extremity 'n,

and the shank of the wire is inserted between 'theprongs ofthe arm [by the bag-inakerwhen the parts are assembled upon'the bag.

After such insertion of the said wire between I0 said prongs of the bifurcated arm the said prongs are closed together by pliers or other means convenient for service and thearm l 4 thus fastened to the wire m. The said prongs when closed together, however, do not=clamp Y the wire, but permit a -freesliding movement of the wire within the eye formed by the closed prongs for purposes hereinafter more fully described. The said connecting-wires m extend longitudinally beneaththe flange d of the bag-frame and at their outer ends "are'linked or provided with an eye, whereby each wire is securely fastened to a catch-arm "e said arm being perforated, as at p, to lreceive the wire.

but also by the wires on causes the slides d of the catches to move longitudinally against the springs d to release the catching mem The springs cl then causea return of:

the slides d and pressure-pieces i 1) when released to their original position. Said springs bers.

may be arranged in any suitable manner adapted to return the parts to normal position's,'so that the jaws of the bag will be an 4o"tom'atica'lly locked when pressed together. It will be evident that instead ofthe'ir being-Z By means of the connecting-wires'm, ex-' Thus the op-' arranged in only the catches, as shown, both the lock and catches may be provided with in-f dependent springs, or in some cases springs sure-pieces and catches.

'in the lock could effecta return of both pres-j While I have shown and describedapre-j fer-red construction of the lock, catches, and} the connecting parts, I am aware that various f'modifications may be made without depart-i ing'from the spirit or scope of the invention, 1 and I do not wish to be understood as limit-; ing'myselfby the positive descriptive terms= employed excepting as thestate of the art may require.

It will be seen that the construction described provides a quick and easy method of opening a bag, such as renders the device especially applicable to physicians? satchels, cases, and the like, while the bag is as securely "closed as in constructions formerly used.

Having thus described the invention, what I claimas new is 1. In a bag, the combination of a middle lock comprising an apertured case fastened to one jaw of the bag and open at both ends,

catches on the opposite jaw adapted to enter said case, pressure-pieces sliding telescopically in the opposite open ends of the lockcase,and adapted-toengage saidcatches, rigid arms projecting downwardly fromsaidpressure-pieces, end catches upon the bag having downwardly-projecting sliding tongues, and connecting-wires extending from said arms to saidtongues, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bag, the combination with end catches having sliding tongues projecting within the bag, of a central lock comprising a casing arranged on one jaw'and adapted to receive hook projections on the otherjaw, pressure-pieces adapted to engage saidprojections sliding in said casing and having downwardlyextending arms, and-connecting-wires extendingfrom said arms to said "tongues, substantially asset forth.

3. Ina bag, the combination of a loc k pro 'viding a longitudinal slideway open at both ends, pressure-pieces sliding telescopically into said slideway and having downwardlyextending arms, end catches on the'baghaving downwardly-projecting catching-tongues,

connecting-wires extending between said arms and tongues and beingprovided with a sliding connectionat one end, whereby said 9 5 lock and end catches are operated simultane- -ously, andsprings returning saidparts to nor mal positions, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 6thday of no July, 1899.

' cUs'rAv GOERK.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. P-ELL, O. -B. PI-TNEY. 

